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Monday, October 13, 2025
Red Cross confirms it collected 13 hostages ‘in ok condition,’ en route to IDF handover
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A Red Cross official tells The Times of Israel the group has 13 hostages released from Hamas captivity “in ok condition.”
“On our way to the IDF,” the senior official says.
The IDF says the Red Cross notified the military that it collected the 13 hostages from Hamas in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis a short while ago.
The 13 have been named as Elkana Bohbot, Avinatan Or, Yosef-Haim Ohana, Evyatar David, Rom Braslavski, Segev Kalfon, Nimrod Cohen, Maxim Herkin, Eitan Horn, Matan Zangauker, Bar Kupershtein, David Cunio, and Ariel Cunio.
The Red Cross is now bringing the hostages to IDF troops inside Gaza. They will then be escorted out of the Strip to an army facility near Re’im, where they will undergo an initial physical and mental checkup and meet their families.
The senior Red Cross official says the 13 will be handed to the IDF following an approximately 15-minute ride.
“We are moving,” the official says.
Hamas is now no longer holding any living hostages, for the first time since 2014.
Later, Hamas is set to return the remains of the 28 dead hostages. The terror group has told mediators it does not know where some of the bodies of slain hostages are located, which may delay their return to Israel.
The Times of Israel Community.